Sequence Maps - Analysing ideas by putting things in order, to rank, list, sort, order, timeline
What is a Sequence Map?
The sequence map requires students to put ideas in order according to various criteria.
How to use a Sequence Map?
The teacher chooses the criteria for the sequence (e.g. most to least important, biggest to smallest, first to last). Students decide on the appropriate sequence. The teacher may provide the ideas to be sequenced (pictures, sentences, etc) or the students may decide on the ideas. Points from a describe or classify map could be sequenced.
Why use a Sequence Map?
To develop relational thinking.
Junior Syndicate - Student Exemplars
Middle Syndicate - Student Exemplars
Senior Syndicate - Student Exemplars
Room 2 sequenced the journey of a juice box from the shop to the rubbish dump.
The students in Room 2 (Year 1) wrote stories about the life of a juice box to sequence its journey from the supermarket to the rubbish dump.
Today I was on my way to the shop. I rode in the truck. When I went to the shop I was on the shelf. I was squashed. Somebody picked me up and put me in the trolley. I saw some apples and I saw tins and chips. I heard a clunk, then I was in a lunchbox. Someone drunk me up and put me in the rubbish bin. I thought it was my home but it wasn't my home. I was in the rubbish truck. The rubbish truck took me to a big hole. I turned into dirt.
What is a Sequence Map?
The sequence map requires students to put ideasin order according to various criteria.
How to use a Sequence Map?
The teacher chooses the criteria for the sequence(e.g. most to least important, biggest to smallest,
first to last). Students decide on the appropriate
sequence. The teacher may provide the ideas to be
sequenced (pictures, sentences, etc) or the
students may decide on the ideas. Points from a
describe or classify map could be sequenced.
Why use a Sequence Map?
To develop relational thinking.Room 2 sequenced the journey of a juice box from the
shop to the rubbish dump.
sequence map in a Y3/4 class at Otonga
school.
sequence map in a Y5/6 class at Jean
Batten School.
life of a juice box to sequence its journey from the
supermarket to the rubbish dump.
Today I was on my way to the shop. I rode in the truck.
When I went to the shop I was on the shelf. I was
squashed. Somebody picked me up and put me in the
trolley. I saw some apples and I saw tins and chips. I
heard a clunk, then I was in a lunchbox. Someone drunk
me up and put me in the rubbish bin. I thought it was my
home but it wasn't my home. I was in the rubbish truck.
The rubbish truck took me to a big hole. I turned into dirt.